Four‐dimensional flow assessment of pulmonary artery flow and wall shear stress in adult pulmonary arterial hypertension: Results from two institutions

To compare pulmonary artery flow using Cartesian and radially sampled four‐dimensional flow‐sensitive (4D flow) MRI at two institutions.

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